The first set of many

Hi there - its me with my first set of questions

Other than my rusty boot floor that has gone right up to the arches I have a few other problems and wondered if they are common

My central locking works fine as do my interior door handles but my outer handles on the front dont seem to want to open anything anymore but they did when I brought it !

Also is seems the previous owner bypassed the heater matix - is this common for any reason / is it easy to get to etc ?

Thank in advance

I am going to assume that you are talking about a Discovery, given that you mention a rusty boot floor

The front door handles were originally fitted to BL cars and so it is no surprise that they wear out I would look out for a pair of 2nd hand one on ebay or the for sale ads here. However, it is a complete door strip down to get them out and replace them. The lock barrel can be swapped between handles so no need to worry there.

I am afraid there is no better news for the heater either. It has probably been by-passed because of a leak. To replace it you will have to remove all of the dashboard and console. And I don't just mean the clocks, I mean the whole thing that run along under the dashboard and if I remember correctly the centre console has to come out to.

HTH

Kinda what I was expecting then

Im not too bad with replacing parts - Its adding metal im not that good with